come through

verb

came through; come through; coming through; comes through

intransitive verb

1

: to do what is needed or expected

came through in the clutch

2

a

: to be expressed

a writer whose personality comes through clearly in her writing

b

: to be communicated

a message that came through loud and clear

With the press of a tiny button on the aid, sound comes through to people with impaired hearing with even greater clarity than can be heard by someone with normal hearing.

—Jane E. Brody

Examples of come through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Whoever lifts it this year will have come through four matches in two days, three of them shorter than a regular tennis match. —Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025

The request came through the office that handles White House protocol, though a spokeswoman declined to comment publicly. —Jesus Mesa gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025

Instead, her casting came through the standard process: Kostenbauder generated a list of possibilities, and Goldberg and Rogen responded to the idea of Hall immediately. —Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2025

For Oza, the path to Poppi came through one of his frequent appearances on ABC’s Shark Tank. —Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for come through

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue